Stina’s Comments (group member since Dec 11, 2016)

Stina’s comments from the Challenges from Exploding Steamboats group.

I will probably end up reading The Girl with Ghost Eyes for this prompt.

Wow! That's... I have no words...

Cheryl wrote: "I completed this one with The Dark Lady, which is set on several planets and told from the point of view of an alien.

It also had a woman on the cover."

That sounds really interesting. Did you like it?

Wow, sounds intense! I recently bought myself a copy, so I hope I have a chance to read it soon.

Stina wrote: "I haven't updated my list here recently, but I know I've read more woman-covers than cat-covers so far this year."

I just updated, and my woman-cover to cat-cover ratio is 6:1.

So far I've read Uprooted and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda for this prompt. I'm really off to a slow start, but I expect that to change soon with some of the reads I have on the TBR list.

I haven't updated my list here recently, but I know I've read more woman-covers than cat-covers so far this year.

I've read Unlovable for this prompt. It was Thoth the Pug's pick for January's GenreLand challenge, so while we were waiting for others to arrive for the party, a few of us read it.

Mary wrote: "I have just read "Wild Flowers" by Sarah Kahn and Kirsteen Rogers. It is an illustrated book meant to teach children all about British wild flowers, from the various parts of a flower and plant, to..."

Oh, that sounds delightful!

Has anybody here already read Wool Omnibus? I've read the first three parts (stories? novelettes?), and they all revolve around the office of the sheriff, if not any particular holder of that office, so I'm wondering if that holds true for the entire 5-part arc.

Laura wrote: "This one is tough for me too. I'll need to review my book covers again. I don't read mysteries, usually, which is where I've seen most of them too."

Steampunk covers, too. And there are other kinds of keys. Skate keys. Musical key signatures. Piano keys.

Really? It's such a common element on mystery covers. Not as common as cats, maybe, but.... I would offer to send you Untitled, but it wasn't very good. I'm sure I'll read something better, though, so I will keep you in mind.

Xanthi wrote: "That is another one I'd liek to read. I am currebtly watching the BBC series The Musketeers and enjoying it. Just found a BBC full cast audiobook of that story, at a 2nd hand book sale. Looking for..."

Cool!

I have the Malmont book somewhere, and I really should read it soon. I vaguely remember hanging out with Valerie in a hotel bar, helping Kris Neri get drunk after the Agathas one year.

Untitled was my first read for this one, but I doubt it will be my last key book for the year.

Well, when I went to Audible's online store, Born a Crime was in the big banner ad, and that's the book I was looking to download, so that worked out just perfectly!

Xanthi wrote: "20 000 Leagues under the sea by Jules Verne was published in its original French 100 years before I was born. The English version two years later. I think this counts, so I plan to read it."

I recently downloaded Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, but I just don't think I'm up for it right now. And it would probably take me all year to get through. So maybe it will fit a prompt in some challenge next year.

Michelle wrote: "At the bottom of the challenge, it says Number of books you want to read for this challenge, and then name for this shelf. Are we supposed to name a shelf, or just put in the number of books we wan..."

I'm not entirely sure how this works, so I'm not requiring it for participation. If you want to give it a try, though, you could use the same shelf name that I am using, if you like. It's book-rescue-2017. And you probably do have to put in a number for the status bar to show up, but it appears to me that you can change this number later.

Cheryl wrote: "Excited to check this one off the list.

Book: The Funny Thing Is . . ."

Woohoo!

I think that Agatha H book is one I've earmarked for a steampunk prompt in another challenge. I guess I haven't looked at the cover yet, because it wasn't on my radar as a cat cover.